TY - GEN
T1 - Triple-coaxial flow for continuous production of microtubes containing microbes for bioremediation
AU - Fujimoto, Kazuma
AU - Higashi, Kazuhiko
AU - Onoe, Hiroaki
AU - Miki, Norihisa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by Cell Fiber Inc.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/4/24
Y1 - 2018/4/24
N2 - This paper describes a microfluidic device to continuously produce a hydrogel microtube using triple-coaxial flow. In our prior work, double-coaxial flow was used to produce hydrogel microtubes, though continuous and mass production was a challenge. In this work, we also demonstrate bioremediation using the microtubes that encapsulate microbial suspension. The microenvironment created by the microtubes enabled efficient purification of aqueous sample solution and in addition, the microbes are maintained inside the microtube and are easily collected without contaminating the solution. The proposed technology can be applied to any types of microbes and can be of great benefit for various microbial processes.
AB - This paper describes a microfluidic device to continuously produce a hydrogel microtube using triple-coaxial flow. In our prior work, double-coaxial flow was used to produce hydrogel microtubes, though continuous and mass production was a challenge. In this work, we also demonstrate bioremediation using the microtubes that encapsulate microbial suspension. The microenvironment created by the microtubes enabled efficient purification of aqueous sample solution and in addition, the microbes are maintained inside the microtube and are easily collected without contaminating the solution. The proposed technology can be applied to any types of microbes and can be of great benefit for various microbial processes.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2018.8346795
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2018.8346795
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046996006
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 1269
EP - 1271
BT - 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2018
Y2 - 21 January 2018 through 25 January 2018
ER -